Strategic Lens

Agriculture and food: Egypt and Nigeria

First country

Second country

In 2025, Egypt sold USD 35.4 million of agricultural and food products to Nigeria and bought USD 7.5 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products grew 188 percent, from USD 14.9 million in 2019 to USD 42.8 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Egypt sold USD 35.4 million of agricultural and food products, against USD 7.5 million the other way.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Egypt's exports to Nigeria: agricultural and food products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Egypt

2019: 9.7Low 6.2 / High 35.42025: 35.4

20199.7
20206.2
202113.9
202213.3
202315.3
202426.4
202535.4

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Egypt's imports from Nigeria: agricultural and food products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Egypt

2019: 5.2Low 2.4 / High 9.42025: 7.5

20195.2
20204.5
20216.1
20222.4
20236.4
20249.4
20257.5

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026